I Use My Secondary Job To Add Talents

Chapter 3: Upgrade

The original host had only a slight Cultivation Talent, and it took about ten years to barely reach Exterior Forging One Layer Perfection. However, he was unable to break through for a long time.

With his poor talent, it would probably take another five years, or about fifteen years in total, for him to break through to Exterior Forging Two Layer with the help of Mountain Fist.

As for breaking through from Exterior Forging Two Layer to Exterior Forging Three Layer, it would be impossible without thirty years. Moreover, the vitality of people here starts to decline after the age of thirty, making cultivation even more difficult. It would probably take more than thirty years to break through, or even never be able to break through.

Although the lifespan of ordinary people in this world is around sixty years due to cultivation and the nourishment of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, which is far superior to ancient Earth, thirty years is still half of their life.

Under normal circumstances, the original host basically had little chance of breaking through to Exterior Forging Three Layer.

However, with Song Fulu's transmigration, his Cultivation Talent has tripled. It will only take about ten more years for Song Fulu to break through to Exterior Forging Three Layer. At that time, Song Fulu will only be twenty-eight years old, which is definitely a genius in Stone Bull Village. There is a great possibility for him to break through to Exterior Forging Four Layer in his lifetime and even become the village chief.

If there is sufficient supply of wild ginseng soup, Song Fulu's cultivation speed can be increased by about ten times on top of his original speed. If multiplied by three, it would be thirty times faster than the original host's speed.

In just one year, Song Fulu will be able to reach Exterior Forging Three Layer.

Unfortunately, wild ginseng that is more than ten years old is extremely rare, and Song Fulu's family only has one. If he hadn't fallen into the water and remained unconscious, Song Baoshi wouldn't have taken it out to help him recover.

Even though there is a shortcut, Song Fulu cannot use it for now.

The next step can only be to speed up the cultivation progress by consuming more meat from fierce beasts.

Song Fulu specifically tried it out and made a pot of stone bull meat. After eating it, he started cultivating and found that with sufficient supply of stone bull meat, his cultivation speed could increase by about five times.

With the current talent base multiplied by five, it would be three times five equals fifteen, which is fifteen times the original host's speed. In just two years, Song Fulu will be able to break through to Exterior Forging Three Layer.

This is acceptable, especially since he has the attribute panel. How could Song Fulu's Cultivation Talent only be three points? As long as his Cultivation Talent increases by one point, his cultivation speed will increase several times, and the time required for breakthrough will become shorter and shorter.

The higher the Cultivation Talent, the faster the progress in Mountain Fist cultivation, digestion of various foods, and even the foundation will become more rapid and solid. This is the foundation of all cultivation.

After trying it out, Song Fulu left his house and followed the original host's memory to the blacksmith shop.

The Weapon Refining Technique had already reached the bottleneck of the third level, and the breakthrough was within reach. As long as he could break through, Song Fulu would gain another Free Talent Point to improve his Cultivation Talent, so he naturally wanted to get it as soon as possible.

Although it was already March, the weather was still cold, and he needed to wear several layers of thick clothes.

Although the buildings in Stone Bull Village were old, they were quite neat and clean. The village elders managed them well.

The houses were densely packed because the area of the village was small. The main reason for this was to save stone materials and for safety considerations.

The entire Stone Bull Village was surrounded by thick stone walls, and villagers patrolled the walls day and night. Once they discovered any demons or monsters invading, they would sound the alarm immediately.

The blacksmith shop was located near the wall, at a distance from the houses to prevent fires.

"Xiaofu, are you feeling better?"

"You look energetic. Xiaofu's body should be fine now."

On the road, I encountered some villagers, each wearing gray coarse linen clothes, without any dyeing, just the natural color of the coarse linen itself. There were also some patches on them, and most of them were clean.

The villagers looked fine. As the largest village around Stone Bull Mountain, it had a population of about 1,600. It could even use Stone Bull Mountain as its village name. It was considered prosperous here, unlike most of the surrounding villages where it was rare to have a few decent meals throughout the year.

But when it came to prosperity, many villagers in Stone Bull Village could only eat and dress warmly. Once they fell ill, they would often lose everything they had. If it weren't for the unity and mutual assistance in Stone Bull Village, many families would have been destroyed.

As the only blacksmith in the village, Song Baoshi and Song Fulu were highly respected by the villagers.

The blacksmith shop was not big, only a few dozen square meters. Inside, a blazing flame was burning, and Song Baoshi, the foster father, was forging a sickle.

Due to their limited Auxiliary Talent, Song Baoshi had been a Mortal Level Low Grade blacksmith all his life. If converted to the Weapon Refining Technique level on the attribute panel, it was only level three, the same as Song Fulu. Song Fulu, who had surpassed his foster father, had reached this level at the age of eighteen.

In this world, blacksmiths were divided into three layers: Mortal Level Low Grade, Mortal Level Intermediate, and Mortal Level High Grade. They could forge Low Grade Mortal Weapons, Intermediate Mortal Weapons, and High Grade Mortal Weapons, respectively. The level of the blacksmith determined the level of the Mortal Weapon they could forge. Both Song Baoshi and Song Fulu hovered at the Mortal Level Low Grade, the lowest layer of blacksmiths.

"Xiaofu, you're here. Are you feeling better?" Seeing Song Fulu, Song Baoshi stopped forging and asked with concern.

Song Baoshi was already fifty-two years old and didn't have many good years left. Half of his hair had turned gray. If he hadn't broken through to the Exterior Forging three-layer when he was young, he probably wouldn't even be able to forge anymore.

Song Fulu, who inherited the memories of the original owner, knew how much Song Baoshi cared about the original owner, so he respected Song Baoshi a lot.

"I just fell into the water. It's just a slight cold. I'll be fine after a good sleep," Song Fulu smiled and said, "Father, take a rest. Let me forge this sickle."

Seeing Song Fulu's rosy face, Song Baoshi put aside his worries, smiled, and gave up his place, starting to organize the ores in the shop.

Following the memories of the original owner, Song Fulu forged the iron diligently and quickly became familiar with it. A sickle was soon completed.

After forging the sickle, Song Fulu didn't stop. Instead, he started forging a knife.

The knife was a Goose Feather Knife that all the villagers in Stone Bull Village used. The blade was straight with a curved tip and a back edge, resembling a goose feather. It was perfectly suited for the Basic Knife Technique passed down in Stone Bull Village.

Almost all the villagers in Stone Bull Village practiced the Basic Knife Technique and used the Goose Feather Knife, which was very convenient for dealing with bandits and fierce beasts in Stone Bull Mountain.

Song Fulu planned to improve his Weapon Refining Technique by forging this Goose Feather Knife, breaking through to a new layer and becoming a Mortal Level Intermediate blacksmith. By then, he would not only gain Free Talent Points but also earn more resources and wealth through Weapon Refining Technique.

PS: According to the outline, many secondary professions have not been included in the attribute panel because some of them overlap too much with other secondary professions, or they have a limit in the main world and cannot reach the maximum level of 100. So, there are about ten recognized secondary professions in total. However, this does not affect the protagonist's talent and aptitude skyrocketing. Although there are fewer secondary professions, the Free Talent Points required for talent breakthroughs will also be greatly reduced. Xin Cheng has specially written a table to summarize this. Please rest assured, dear readers.

(End of this chapter)